While opportunities do exist, the competition in the market is stiff and more times than not you will be up against multiple bidders driving the price up for all but the most seasoned investors to a point of risky returns.Knowing your market, understanding finish levels of comparable properties and past performance are critical factors in determining what your target properties will be.

Plus, you don't want to stiff someone out of their hard-earned money. 

He made her believe that she was "stiff and rigid like a board" (the words he used to take and keep her under) as she lay down, face-up on 2 chairs facing each other about 5-7 feet apart.

Start calling mortgage brokers.HMLs typically lend the entire purchase price plus rehab costs, with some pretty stiff points and interest.

Higher quality stiff with national tenants gets developed for 9 plus caps break even so they do not sell for that more in the 6's.Key with these small mom and pop tenants is if they pay at,under, or above market rents?

If it's as good as you suggest, you'll likely face stiff competition.

Stiff opposition from neighbors and they cut us backto 18 lots.. seller would not budge on price we walked.. lost 85k on that one deal.. :)  so it happens.. just move on.

There can be stiff liability problems if you rent an illegal unit and something happens.

And there are no taxes.If you sell the note on an owner financed note, you're going to take pretty stiff discount on the face value of the note.A 1031 would make sense for that property you've paid off and held for a long time, as long as you're willing to put the money back into another rental. 1031's have to be like for like, so you can't take the money out for other purposes.

A few of the locksets are still somewhat stiff opening but that's on the doors that i don't think get used as much so I believe they are still wearing in a bit.